Suspended Sydney player Heeney misses Brownlow Medal top five

Isaac Heeney finished outside the top five in the Brownlow Medal vote, according to ABC News Australia. The result meant the Australian Football League avoided an unwanted scenario in which one of Sydney’s suspended players could have won the league’s highest individual award. Heeney was among the Sydney players affected by suspension, although the supplied material does not state the offence, the length of the suspension or whether the suspension applied during the season covered by the count.

The source also does not provide Heeney’s exact vote total, his final position beyond being outside the top five, or the identity of the player who won the medal. Its focus is the outcome’s significance for the AFL: Heeney’s position removed the possibility of a suspended Sydney player taking the Brownlow Medal. No further details of the count or the voting are provided in the available report.